Heinrich Hertz

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Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, laying the experimental foundation for modern radio and wireless communication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German physicist
human
physicist
academicAdvisor Hermann von Helmholtz
awardReceived Matteucci Medal
Rumford Medal
birthName Heinrich Hertz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
burialPlace Ohlsdorf Cemetery
causeOfDeath Wegener's granulomatosis
citizenship Germany
countryOfBirth German Confederation
countryOfDeath German Empire
dateOfBirth 1857-02-22
dateOfDeath 1894-01-01
demonstrated interference of electromagnetic waves
polarization of electromagnetic waves
reflection of electromagnetic waves
refraction of electromagnetic waves
discovered electromagnetic waves in free space
radio waves
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Kiel
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich
employer University of Karlsruhe
surface form: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

University of Bonn
University of Kiel
eponymOf Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
Hertzian waves
surface form: Hertzian wave

hertz
familyName Hertz
fieldOfWork electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetism
physics
givenName Heinrich
hasSibling Gustav Hertz
hasUnitNamedAfter hertz
influenced Guglielmo Marconi
Nikola Tesla
Oliver Lodge
influencedBy James Clerk Maxwell
knownFor Hertzian waves
experimental proof of electromagnetic waves
foundations of radio communication
photoelectric effect experiments
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage German
placeOfBirth Hamburg
placeOfDeath Bonn
positionHeld professor of physics
religion Lutheranism
spouse Elizabeth Doll
verified Maxwell's equations experimentally

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Clerk Maxwell influenced Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz birthName Heinrich Hertz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Proteus influencedBy Heinrich Hertz
subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Heinrich borneBy Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich borneBy Heinrich Hertz
this entity surface form: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Matteucci Medal hasRecipient Heinrich Hertz
Hertz hasNotableBearer Heinrich Hertz
Hertz namedAfter Heinrich Hertz
subject surface form: hertz (unit)
Hertzian waves namedAfter Heinrich Hertz
Hertzian waves demonstratedBy Heinrich Hertz
hertz namedAfter Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm namedAfter Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm namedAfter Heinrich Hertz
this entity surface form: German physicist Heinrich Hertz
Elizabeth Doll spouse Heinrich Hertz
Vilhelm Bjerknes influencedBy Heinrich Hertz
Gustav Hertz relative Heinrich Hertz